WARWICKSHIRE pair Rikki Clarke and Varun Chopra have received penalties under the ECB’s disciplinary code.

During the Bears’ championship match against Lancashire at Edgbaston, Clarke was reported by umpires Nigel Llong and Tim Robinson for a Level One breach of the code (showing dissent at an umpire’s decision by word or action).

Chopra’s transgression occurred during the CB40 match at home to Durham when umpires Llong and Paul Baldwin reported him for the same offence.

The three-point penalties will remain on their records for two years and any further Level One breach during that period will automatically result in three more points.

The accumulation of nine or more penalty points in any two-year period results in an automatic suspension so Clarke, who already holds three penalty points needs to be careful.